G/TBT/N/ECU/407  
3 May 2019 
(19-3059) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : ECUADOR  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Servicio Ecuatoriano de Normalización , INEN (Ecuadorian Standardization Service)  
Calle Baquerizo Moreno E8 -29 y Diego de Almagro  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3825960 to 90  
Website: www.normalizacion.gob.ec  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecret aría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso P ereira, Piso 8, 
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
Website: www.industrias.gob.ec  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Safety 
headgear (HS 650610)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Segunda Revisión del Reglamento Técnico Ecuatoriano PRTE INEN 086 (2R) "Cascos de 
seguridad y prote cción"  (Draft second revision (2R) of Ecuadorian Technical Regulation 
PRTE INEN No. 086 "Safety and protective headgear") (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Ecuadorian Technical Regulation establishes the 
requirements to be met  by safety and protective headgear, prior to the marketing of 
domestic and imported products, with the aim of protecting human safety and preventing 
deceptive practices.  G/TBT/N/ECU/407  
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  It applies to the following products:  
1. Safety headgear for general and specific use in industry.  
2. Protective headgear for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards and roller 
skates, including protective headgear for young children.  
3. Protective headgear for use by drivers and passengers of motorcycles.  
It does not apply to:  
1. Firefighters' helmets.  
2. Military or police helmets.  
3. Helmets for canoeing or kayaking and white -water sports.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
Normative references:  
1. ISO 2859 -1:1999+Amd 1:2011, Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes 
- Part 1 : Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-
lot inspection.  
2. ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and 
calibration laboratories.  
3. ISO/IEC 17050 -1:2004, Conformity assessment - Supplier's declaration of 
conformity - Part 1 : General requirements.  
4. ISO/IEC 17067:2013, Con formity assessment - Fundamentals of product 
certification and guidelines for product certification schemes.  
5. EN 397:2012+A1:2012, Industrial safety helmets.  
6. EN 1078:2012+A1:2012, Helmets for pedal cyclists and for users of skateboards 
and roller skates.  
7. EN 1080:2013, Impact protection helmets for young children.  
8. ANSI/ISEA Z89.1 -2014, Industrial Head Protection.  
9. Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE INEN 146 (2R):2015, Cascos de seguridad 
para uso industrial . Requisitos e inspección . 
10. UN Regulation No. 22 – Revision 4:2002+Amend.1:2012+Amend.2:2019, 
Uniform provisions concerning the approval of protective helmets and their visors 
for drivers and passengers of motor cycles and mopeds.  
11. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 218, 49 CFR Part 571, 
Motorcycl e helmets.  
Notification history:  
1. G/TBT/N/ECU/102  
2. G/TBT/N/ECU/102/Add.1  
3. G/TBT/N/ECU/102/Add.2  
9. Proposed date of adoption : 60 days from notification or thereafter  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from the date of adoption  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/ECU/407  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Contact and/or National Enquiry Point:  
Subsecretaría de Calidad  (Under -Secretariat for Quality)  
Ministerio de Producción, Comercio Exterior, Inversiones y Pesca , MPCEIP (Ministry of 
Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries)  
Address : Av. Amazonas entre Unión Nacional de Periodistas y Alfonso Pereira, Piso 8,  
Bloque amarillo  
Tel.: (+593 -2) 3948760, Ext. 2254 - 2272 
Email:  
puntocontactoOTCECU@produccion.gob.ec  
puntocontactoOTCECU@gmail.com  
aramon@produccion.gob.ec  
cyepez@produccion.gob.ec  
jsanchez@produccion.gob.ec  
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